Hi everyone. I was considering backup options to Glacier Deep Archive, and wanted to know:

  1. Which software do you use to encrypt client-side, obfuscate, compress and deduplicate the data before you send it to S3?
  2. What is the difference between Restore Requests (bulk) and Outbound data transfer and which one will I be using when I want to pull my data from AWS?

I’ll be storing approximately 8TB or so of data, which is why I was looking at inexpensive ways to back it up other than buying an HDD outright.

Thanks!

  • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How much of storage do you use on B2? Does it not feel quite expensive to you? Even Wasabi is quite expensive, although it’s not as bad as AWS.

    I was recommended iDrive e2 by another commentor, and now that I look at it, it is likely the best product I have come across other than factoring in reliability. I have never heard of this company before, and considering that this is very important data to me, I’d like to have a reliable company behind it.

    • lal309@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Well here’s my very abbreviated conclusion (provided I remember the details appropriately) when I did the research about 3 months ago.

      Wasabi - okay pricing, reliable, s3 compatible, no charges to retrieve my data, pay for 1tb blocks (wasn’t a fan of this one), penalty for data retrieval prior to a “vesting” period (if I remember correctly, you had to leave the data there for 90 days before you could retrieve it at no cost. Also not a big fan of this one)

      AWS - I’m very familiar with it due to my job, pricing is largely influenced by access requirements (how often and how fast do I want to retrieve my data), very reliable, s3, charges for everything (list, read, retrieve, etc). This is the real killer and largely unaccounted cost of AWS.

      Backblaze - okay pricing, reliable, s3 compliant, free retrieval of data up to the same amount that you store with them (read below), pay by the gig (much more flexible than Wasabi). My heartburn with Backblaze was that retrieval stipulation. However, they have recently increased it to free up to 3x of what you store with them which is super awesome and made my heartburn go away really quickly.

      I actually chose Backblaze before the retrieval policy change and it has been rock solid from the start. Works seamlessly with the vast majority of utilities that can leverage s3 compliant storage. Pricing wise, I honestly don’t think it’s that bad

      Hope this helps

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Here’s my situation; I anticipate about 8TB that I will need to store reliably.

        That’s $50 with BackBlaze B2 a month.

        I can get 2 12TB drives for $500 total, and keep one/both of them in remote locations (may or may not be connected to the internet, so I suppose the convenience just isn’t there like the Cloud).

        The supposed value of the cloud is becoming a bit difficult for me to justify TBH. No wonder B2 is reliable, but if I have 2 drives acting as cold storage in different locations (I will be encrypting the contents), is that a better idea than Cloud storage/BackBlaze specifically? I have been assured that the remote locations should be fine for the most part, other than for natural calamities.